KIEV, April 17 ??“ Astelit LLC., a fast growing cell phone company, announced further extension of high-speed cell phone network, known as EDGE, to 37 Ukrainian cities, as well as to the Crimea cost and TransCarpathia.

KIEV, April 15 ??“ The national telecom operator Ukrtelecom says it is technically impossible for it to give the new 095 and 096 phone codes to mobile communications operators Ukrainian Mobile Communications and Kyivstar GSM.

DNIPROPETROVSK, April 15 ??“ President Viktor Yushchenko is ready to offer "big preferences" to participants in space projects in Ukraine.

KIEV, April 15 ??“ Kherson oil refinery will cease operating for scheduled maintenance from April 20 through May 5, Alliance-Ukraine oil company told Interfax-Ukraine.

DONETSK, April 15 ??“ Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant (Donetsk region) has selected Switzerland??™s Hesler as the general supplier of equipment for a new line to produce 711-1420 mm gas and oil pipes with a thickness of up to 40 mm, Kartsyzsk Director General Andriy Shyshatsky said Thursday, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, April 17 ??“ Ukrainian stocks are expected to rise this week amid better sentiment among investors following the government??™s pledge that it will not seek to replace owners of companies that went through controversial privatizations.

KIEV, April 15 - Russia's Siberian-Ural Aluminum (SUAL), the world's sixth largest producer of primary aluminum, admitted it had purchased a majority stake in ZALK, Ukraine's sole aluminum smelter, according to an SUAL statement released Friday.

KYIV, March 17 – Ukraine's natural gas consumption has significantly decreased this week due to warmer weather – by 30-35% compared to early March, former Energy Minister Olha Buslavets reported on Facebook on March 14.